whether it is possible to transform politics,

转变政治有可能吗

to replace conflict with harmony?

以和谐代替冲突

So, the European alliance system,

因此 欧洲同盟系统

and the competing interests of Russia

以及俄国和奥匈帝国

driven by the assumption, as he put it, that, quote:

在他的臆断下 他写道

His Lost Cause, in the brevity of one essay,

他的"败局命定" 在一篇小文中

so that the fear is never irrational.

所以斯巴达人对他们有所惧怕是不无道理的

which never gives up the idea of returning

阿尔戈斯人从未忘记

But, of course lots of the diplomatic history of this period

但是 很显然 那个年代的很多外交历史

and specifically, as you've heard over and over again, alsace-Lorraine.

特别是大家听了一遍又一遍的阿尔萨斯-洛林